Lost Collective project captures beauty of MV Cape Don restoration at Balls Head
For more than a decade a loyal band of volunteers have been scrambling over the decks of the MV Cape Don to make it shipshape once again.
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FOR more than a decade a loyal band of volunteers have been scrambling over the decks of the MV Cape Don to make it shipshape once again.
MV Cape Don Society ship keeper Daniel Callender said the retired navigational aids ship, docked at Balls Head Bay, was a treasure that deserved to be saved.
“This ship went around to all the bad and dangerous waters in Australia to deliver lighthouse supplies and help keep sailors safe,” he said.
“So I feel as though it is worth doing her up to save a bit of our maritime history.”
Photographer Brett Patman, who runs the online Lost Collective project, agrees and shot some stunning photos of the old ship.
If you would like to donate to help the group finish their work or to get involved visit mvcapedonsociety.org.au.
MV Cape Don was built at the Newcastle dockyards and was completed January 1963 and was purpose-built to service and repair navigational aids such as lighthouses.
It was retired from service in 1993.
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